SPORTS: MEN'S BASKETBALL ONE WIN AWAY FROM C-USA BID, PAGE 8 LIFESTYLES: SWING DANCING ATTRACTS STUDENTS, PAGE 5 Tuesday, February 19, 2002 TCU DAILY SKIFF In its 100th year of service to Texas Christian University • Vol. 99 • Issue 75 • fort Worth, Texas • www.skifi.tcu.edu Police Report TodaysNews Female assaulted at knife-point Suspect Description: The suspect is a Hispanic NATIONAL NEWS male, about 35 years old with black hair that is part- BY DAVID DlllNAI Damon Gardner, assistant shift supervisor night shift, said there have been numerous ed on one side. He is approximately 5'7" with a LOS ANGELES — An inac- Stall hYportei at the Fort Worth Police Department, con- phone calls of concern from students and husky build and was wearing a blue and yellow shirt tive Army National Guardsman A female was sexually assaulted Monday firmed that a female called reporting an al- parents after the e-mail was sent. with blue jeans. The man was armed with a knife. was arrested early Monday after at Bellaire Condominiums, one block away leged robbery at knife-point at 4:45 p.m. Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Don Mills trying to pass a nonfunctioning from the TCU campus Monday afternoon, A report had not been made as of Monday, has been notified of the incident. Abad said Safety Tips: military explosive through securi- according to an all-campus e-mail sent by but that does not mean one will not be made, • Keep outside lights on at night and keep lights ty at Los Angeles International Tenants at Bellaire Condominiums, 3301 on in multiple rooms of the house. Airport, police said. TCU Police. said Kaylo Harrison, lead dispatcher and acting Bellaire Dr., in the south wing said they were • Keep car doors locked, even if you are going News Digest on Page 4 According to the e-mail, the female, who supervisor of the Fort Worth Police Department. unaware of the situation Monday night. was not identified by authorities, was attacked Kelly Ham, TCU detective of criminal in- There was no manager on duty at the condo- inside for a short time. INTERNATIONAL NEWS at knife-point inside her apartment. The e-mail vestigations, said no further information has miniums. Abad said. • Have keys ready to unlock the car door before continued that the suspect asked to use the been released, but he will assist Fort Worth The e-mail was sent at 9 p.m. and a flier you leave a building instead of walking across a THE HAGUE, Netherlands — telephone before entering the apartment. Police in the investigation. that offers safety tips was released at 11 p.m. parking lot searching for them in your bag. Slobodan Milosevic on Monday According to the e-mail, the suspect is a "We want to alert people on campus of Director of Communications Kelli Horst • Always park in well lit areas and look in your accused the United States and backseat before entering your car. other Western nations of deliber- 5-foot-7-inch Hispanic male, approximately what is going on," Ham said about TCU's said the university will review the incident to- • If you do not feel safe walking on or around cam- ately breaking up Yugoslavia, and 35 years old and has black hair that is parted role in the investigation. "We want to let stu- day and notify students of any developments. pus at night, call for a TCU Police escort at: denied knowledge of the mas- on one side. The suspect was described as dents know that someone has committed a vi- sacre of thousands of Bosnian wearing a blue and yellow shirt with blue olent act nearby campus." David Ihinai 817-257-7777 Muslims at Srebrenica. jeans, in the e-mail sent to all students. TCU Sgt. Ramiro Abad, who works the d.r.duriai(fi^liidf nl.tcu.edu News Digest on Page 4 OnCampus Career coach to speak MONDAY AT TCU ATTRACTS NEW PROSPECTS tonight in SC Ballroom BMC Software will present Prospective students Patrick Combs, the No. 1 career coach in America, at 7 p.m. say they received tonight in the Student Center Ballroom. positive experience Topics include Beat a Tough from tour Job Market, Create a Money Path, Make Your Success Easier, Unleash Your Passion and BY DAVID REESE Triumph Over Fears & Do Stall Reportei College Smarter. First impressions are often con- Combs' presentation is spon- sidered crucial. For prospective stu- sored by TCU Career Services. dents choosing a college, Monday at — Colleen Casey TCU can create their first impres- sions of the university. Eric Hart of Baton Rouge. La. was Researchers at Texas on campus for Monday at TCU and A&M clone cat said he found the event very inform- ative. Hart said he learned about AUSTIN (U-WIRE) — Texas TCU traditions and student life and A&M University laid claim to a also had the opportunity to meet po- unique set of bragging rights last tential students in his tour group. week when a team of researchers "I liked the size of the group be- announced the successful cloning cause it gave me a chance to talk of a household cat. with other high school students The female short-haired calico, since there was only eight to 10 in named "CC" for copycat, was my group," Hart said. born Dec. 22 and is reportedly The tour, which began at the Dee healthy and active. Mice, cattle, J. Kelly Alumni and Visitors Center pigs and sheep, such as "Dolly," traveled through the entire campus. all have been cloned, but CC is The one-hour tours are guided by the first successfully cloned members of Student Foundation household pet. Scientists delayed and each tour includes about 25 the cat's birth announcement to people including parents and make sure her genetic copying prospective students. was exact and to ensure she was Hart has toured two other schools healthy and developing normally. including Louisiana State University "With each new species fTimiifa Xuaft&SKlFF STAFf and Centenary College of Louisiana. cloned, we learn more about Prospective students learn about TCU and meet with other prospective students Monday at a luncheon. This visit was part of the Monday at TCU program. He said he preferred the Monday at how this technology might be TCU program here to that of the applied to improving the health other schools' similar programs. program each year. He said the majority of the Marin said the cost of the program is of animals and humans," said Alvin Kindred of Granbury said Program gets mixed visiting students have already applied and $45,000 per year, yet the program is free of Mark Westhustin, head the tour group and session groups about 35 percent or 600 of the visitors will at- charge to the prospective students. researcher for the project, in a reviews from were the right size. tend TCU. "If two of the potential students enroll, it written statement. Kindred visited the session about admissions staff Marin, who is a TCU graduate, said the pays for the program and with nearly 600 of college athletics. He said the session Alan Lambowitz, a professor Monday at TCU program can help potential them attending, the university increases their of cellular and molecular biolo- was informative because it gave him BY DAVID REESE students see every facet of the TCU campus and revenue," he said. gy, said there is no cloning information about the specific NCAA Skill rteiM.rt.T get a better feel for the university. Marin said Marin said the program includes many of the research underway at University requirements within the university. Monday at TCU can offer many benefits to when he visited TCU through the program in available opportunities on the TCU campus. of Texas-Austin. Sammie Frock of Jefferson City, prospective students, yet the large number of 1993, he already had a football scholarship to The program begins at 8:30 a.m. with a morn- Mo. said she visited numerous univer- — Daily Texan attendees can make the program a bit imper- Stanford. After his visit, he decided that TCU ing snack and a tour of the campus. After the sities including University of Missouri- sonal, said Ray Brown, dean of admissions. was the place he had to be. tour, students and parents have the opportunity Columbia. Kansas City and other "TCU does not do its best work with big Although Marin and Brown do not agree on to attend three sessions about various topics in- private schools. Frock said that she was InsideSkiff numbers," Brown said. the exact benefits that prospective students re- cluding admissions and financial aid. very impressed with the university. Micah Marin, an admissions counselor and ceive through the program, both have said that After the sessions, the visitors eat lunch and "So far TCU is the front runner The Pulse/Campus Lines 2 coordinator of Monday at TCU, said if prospec- Monday at TCU is a big success. listen to three student speakers talk about their among the schools I've visited," Brown said the program offers many ben- experiences at TCU in the Student Center Ball- Opinion tive students take only one visit to the campus she said. it should be through this program. efits to the prospective students, such as get- room. Males tour Clark and Milton Daniel National Digest Marin said that approximately 1,600 to 1,700 ting them on campus to view the TCU David Rti-s*' (Moreim MONO \> S, page h) International Digesl potential students visit the campus through this community in action.